myocardial infarction

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Etymology

From Late Latin infarctus + French myocarde < from Greek ἔμφραγμα (obstacle) του (of) μυοκαρδίου (heart muscle).

Noun

myocardial infarction (plural myocardial infarctions)

  1. (cardiology, pathology) Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.
    Synonyms: cardiac infarction, heart attack

Translations

heart attack — see heart attack

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